History Questions Alert

~ When did the Spanish, French, and English realize that they had allied themselves with measles, small-pox, and tuberculosis?

~ Of what use may it be to know how New World discoveries affected Europe?

~ When is mankind subject to waves of deadly disease?

~ How does it feel to be on the road to certain death?


~ How true is it to say that the more money there is in circulation the less it is worth in relation to commodities?


~ When might you find the value of your debt dropping?


~ What did New World sweet potatoes and regular potatoes do for Europe and much of the rest of the world?

~ How can mercantilists love low wages? 


~ What is a great good of a joint stock company?


~ What drawbacks are sometimes associated with join stock companies?


~ How were Slavic slaves brought to Spain?


~ What can you tell us of the Mandingo and the Songhai?

"Cutting for Stone"

I just finished listening to a great audio book well read by Sunil Malhotra.

The author is Abraham Verghese. Verghese tells a very good story and also helps learn interesting things about men, women, children, and the world.

This book is also a light-filled and gentle introduction to Ethiopia.

This great read of a novel is entitled Cutting for Stone.

A Question of Pride

Was it pride in Americans' successful slave trade in West Africa that led to their successful rum and opium trade in North Africa?
Was it their pride in their successful opium and rum trade in North Africa that led them to send missionaries there to make North Africans more like American Christians?

Goal!

Africa may be in tears, but the citecens of Montevideo are celebrating tonight. So far it is loud, but sane.

Just bought a very expensive ticket to Guayaquil. Had to go by way of Panama.

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Democracy can be lost in voting and ound in dialogue.

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The last person paged for my flight from LAX was Booma the page just before was for Kaboom. Then the flight was delayed because of a damaged sanitary facility.

I´ll try to get a functioning spellcheck.